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| Uri Orlev |
The Sandgame |
| Children |
Jerusalem, Keter, 1996. 50 pp.
Ages 10-15
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This autobiography of writer Uri Orlev tells the fascinating story of a Jewish boy who lived through the Holocaust and became a writer. But this is not a horror story portraying a traumatic childhood, in spite of the terrible things the child is forced to see. Instead, Orlev describes a relatively normal childhood, with moments of sadness and pain, but also times of joy, adventure and humor. "I saw myself all the time as the hero of a thrilling adventure story; the more people disappeared around me, the more convinced I was that nothing bad could happen to me, and that it would all turn out well." This is the first line of Orlev`s book, in which the author shows his son the "sandgame" – an allegory in which only a tiny pile of sand remains in the palm of his hand. He and his brother were among the few that remained.
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